In this essay, we connect the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-an extensive collection of society-level goals and targets aimed at addressing grand challenges and achieving global sustainability by 2030-to firm-level sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance...

Adopting an International Sustainability Standard (ISS) helps firms improve their sustainability performance. It also acts as a credible market “signal” that legitimizes firms’ latent sustainability practices while improving their market value. But how do these signals function when firms...

In 2015, 196 Parties adopted the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels, and to achieve a low-carbon world by 2050. Revisions to international finance investment strategies are expected to be the mainstay of this ambitious objective....

Innovation activities in high tech industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, firms frequently face significant technological challenges since these industries has a long history of radical innovations which are taking place through...

Innovation activities in high tech industries provide considerable challenges for technology and innovation management. In particular, firms frequently face significant technological challenges since these industries has a long history of radical innovations which are taking place through...

Companies are increasingly concerned with current and future climate change risks that have the potential to generate a substantial change in their business operations, revenue and/or expenditure. Therefore, the paper focusses on the companies' perspective and aims to create a higher awareness...

What are a negotiator's ethical and moral obligations during a negotiation? Should a negotiator be dedicated to achieving the greatest value possible for his or her client even though that goal may appear to require some degree of deception? Does it make a difference whether a culture has a...

COVID-19 has impacted our lives from all the fronts. Businesses and global commerce will never be the same once the world restarts post COVID-19. Multiple new trends like direct to consumer model (D2C), Omnichannel fulfilment, etc. would emerge in the industries of tomorrow. Companies that...

The basic idea of an institution (formal and/or informal) may be conceived as an aggregate structure that has an influence on the individuals. Entrepreneurship is observed to be dependent on institutions for its performance. Constraining and enabling functions of institutions impose certain...

Objective – This paper shows how leverage affects firm's fragility and financial soundness during financial and industry crises.Methodology/Technique – Long term inefficient and zombie firms are explored through the effects of leverage in additional tests.Findings – There are two main...